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of the safest tory seats in the country. we ve gained three seats. we re now up to 17 seats and the council moves into an overall control and it s a time of change in brentwood and we re really delighted. it s fantastic news. labour have taken significant steps forward, gaining dozens of seats from the conservatives and winning control of plymouth council. the city s tory mp accepted his party was being punished. this has been a really terrible night for us here in plymouth. i think there s a number of factors at play. i think locally it s been very difficult. the conservative group here has been through a very difficult time. we ve seen that reflected on the doors in the campaign and we ve seen that reflected in the results tonight. but, you know, we take it on the chin. in a first for elections in england, photo id was required at polling stations, which left some unable to vote. but it s too soon to say what impact the change has had. 0nly around a quarter of the councils holding el

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